Belt with expandable pouch

ABSTRACT

A wearable apparatus for storing items, comprising a belt including first and second ends and an expandable pouch having first and second ends said first and second belt ends being attached to said first and second pouch ends respectively, whereby pleats are formed in the pouch material to allow the pouch greater expandability, while still maintaining a small profile when empty, by pinching in, overlapping or layering the material longitudinally at the right and left edges of the pouch and then stitching or otherwise attaching the pleated fabric to the ends of belt, whereby as a result of the pleats said pouch comprises first and second spaced folds with a section of pouch material therebetween, said first fold and said pouch material section forming a recess into which said second fold is received when said pouch is in a substantially non-expanded condition.

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an belt with expandable pouch.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a pouch according to the present invention, wherein the belt has been removed for convenience of illustration.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a pouch according to the present invention, wherein the belt has been removed for convenience of illustration.

FIG. 4 is an isometric view showing the back, top and side of an belt with expandable pouch.

FIG. 5 is a top down view of an empty pouch according to the present invention, wherein the belt has been removed for convenience of illustration; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom up view of an empty pouch according to the present invention, wherein the belt has been removed for convenience of illustration.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. 

I claim the ornamental design for the belt with expandable pouch, as shown and described. 